Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Just a further point, members can and often do directly hide their own posts for various reasons. So don’t assume just because a post has gone it’s been moderated. I don’t think it’s still the case*, but with some even quite recent versions of the forum software, if the person that started a thread hid their own, first post, it automatically hid the whole thread, dragging all replies along with it. (Obviously, not ideal.) (*As in, I just briefly, tried it and couldn’t do it without cheating and using admin rights). We do sometimes get those who post up a piece of information or something intended to perhaps just be a short concise post, get in touch if the thread has gone completely astray, in their eyes, and are asked to hide/remove it. We will review any request like that on its individual circumstances, but will usually try and look favourably on the request. Provided it’s legitimate. (This is 95% Stuff and Nonsense with a small proportion of Start Line threads.) Outside of that, there are some forum areas, like Tech Talk, The FAQ and the sales sections where things are a little different, but this is stated in the forum sub sections description, (or should be! ) These areas, may, at the moderation/admin teams discretion be edited to keep subjects relevant and broadly on topic. It is true that sometimes if a not directly relevant, but useful/important drift occurs, it may well be allowed to continue, until either it’s run out of steam, but is considered to beneficial to move, and split off, or, it gets its own real momentum going and is split off into its own active thread. This last bit is where it’s tricky knowing how long to let it ride; split off a beneficial drift too early, and it kills the debate stone dead, loosing the benefit of everyone’s experience, to late, and momentum is lost from the original thread, stalling that one, instead. Sales is slightly different. We don’t have a “no post bumping” policy, unlike some forums, we try to just use common sense. If someone wants to bump their own advert every few weeks or months, whereas if someone decides to virtually spam themselves for a week, you know who I’m looking at here, Blatters(!) we will nicely, ask them to reign it back a notch. By the same token, if a bit of occasional chatter helps keep an advert near the top, most of the team will not worry about it. If however someone starts a major debate on someone else sales thread, or worse still, starts trashing it the team will dive in and start trying to sort things out. So to sum up, not all things that may look like moderation are! Sometimes it’s just members tidying up after themselves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 44 minutes ago, Scott Young said: To be fair, we've never been seen together, have we? We might be the same person... tinfoils hat to the ready... I told you not to say anythng... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said: whereas if someone decides to virtually spam themselves for a week, you know who I’m looking at here, Blatters(!) we will nicely, ask them to reign it back a notch. Nothing to see here... And to be fair, it was a very polite b*ll***ing 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stanton Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 58 minutes ago, Scott Young said: To be fair, we've never been seen together, have we? *Raises hand* oh yes you have While I'm here, can we adjust the swear filter please to allow Mr Chairman his original forum name from many years ago 🤣 🤣 ..... *I'll get me coat* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mark Stanton said: *Raises hand* oh yes you have While I'm here, can we adjust the swear filter please to allow Mr Chairman his original forum name from many years ago 🤣 🤣 ..... *I'll get me coat* Where’s the Moderation Team when you really need them? 🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolan - Wirral & North Wales AO Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Mark Stanton said: *Raises hand* oh yes you have While I'm here, can we adjust the swear filter please to allow Mr Chairman his original forum name from many years ago 🤣 🤣 ..... *I'll get me coat* Hope you’re referring to an ex chairman. ☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 The Only thing I’d add - when posts are moderated it would be useful (and polite) to get a PM ago advise what action has been taken and why. It’s difficult to self moderate if you don’t know a post has been actioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rush Motorsport said: The Only thing I’d add - when posts are moderated it would be useful (and polite) to get a PM ago advise what action has been taken and why. It’s difficult to self moderate if you don’t know a post has been actioned. Good point Russ, we do generally, if it's felt the member who's reported needs to be contacted. For example - Some members kindly report a lot of post in the wrong section. Hence if we agree, we just move them and rightly or wrongly assume that the sender would notice it's been moved. Same goes for Spam. We check out the IP address, any other post history, discuss across the team to ensure it's agreed it is spam, and then zap the spammer as quick as possible. Again we'd not generally write a PM to the member who's advised. I agree it may appear rude, however many of the mods are moderating on top of busy day jobs etc and hence prefer to spend the time fighting spam etc and not sending pleasantries out via PM etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 04/03/2021 at 15:42, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said: I agree it may appear rude, however many of the mods are moderating on top of busy day jobs etc and hence prefer to spend the time fighting spam etc and not sending pleasantries out via PM etc If it’s any help, I can be rude for you between 7 AM and 10 PM, allowing breaks for happy hour and trips to the booze fridge and the wine rack. 🍷🥂🍾 🍺 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard (OldStager) Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Scott Young said: If it’s any help, I can be rude for you between 7 AM and 10 PM, allowing breaks for happy hour and trips to the booze fridge and the wine rack. 🍷🥂🍾 🍺 Do we need to rename the thread then to Excess of alcohol in the forum? 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hunter - Club Secretary Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, OldStager said: Do we need to rename the thread then to Excess of alcohol in the forum? 😄 Everything in moderation..... 😂 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 minute ago, RobH72 said: Everything in moderation..... 😂 If being on committee taught me anything, it’s to drink in moderation. A lot of moderation. Also that life is too short to drink cheap wine, lousy beer and vodka that’s available to buy in 2l plastic bottles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Scott Young said: If being on committee taught me anything, it’s to drink in moderation. A lot of moderation. Also that life is too short to drink cheap wine, lousy beer and vodka that’s available to buy in 2l plastic bottles. Ah yes the pre AGM "preparation". I seem to recall burgers, booze, bbq's, booze, vandalism, booze, petty theft, booze and then waking up in a field surrounded by empty plastic vodka bottles... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurici Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Scott Young said: f being on committee taught me anything, it’s to drink in moderation something I didn´t do yesterday... and I have been regreting it the whole day... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onliest Smeg David Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, maurici said: something I didn´t do yesterday... and I have been regreting it the whole day... I managed to avoid excess this week, BUT not looking forward to tomorrow morning 🥃🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷hic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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